Shirt



N. KAPLAN,

SHIRT.

APPLICATION man NOV-4,1918.

1,337,917. Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

5/ Qttoznup l, one of the arms having been looped up in Figs. 1 and 2, there is provided a shirt 1 the spirit of the invention.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN KAPLAN. 01? COVINGTON, GEORGIA.

SHIRT.

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To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, Narnas' Karina", a citizen of the United States, residing at ()ovington, in the county of Newton and- State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Shirt. of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application, is a. shirt. and one object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby the shirt will be prevented from working upwardly within the trousers of the wearer when a belt is worn, the construction being such that the garment will shape itself readily to the body of the wearer.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present nrvention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a portion of a shirt whereunto the device forming thesubject matter of this application has been applied, parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig.

and secured to the front of the shirt; Fig. 3 is a fragmental front elevation showing .a modified form of the invention; and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig.

In carrying out the invention as disclosed having a short tail 2, and including a front 3, reversely curved on its lower edge, to form a reduced tongue 41, the front 3 consisting of flaps 5 overlapped on eachother, and attached to each other by means of buttons 6 or in any other suitable way. The 'inter-' mediate portion of a U-shaped strip 7 is secured at 8 to thetail of the shirt, the strip 1' including approximately parallel arms 9, the longitudinal edges of which are turned inwardly and secured to form reenforce- 10, the ends of the arms 9 are folded bacirwardly, and being secured as shown at Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 20, 1920. Application filed November 4, 1918.

Serial No. 261,062.

11, to reenforce the terminals of the arms. Owing to this particular construction employed at the point indicated, the ends of the arms 9 will be of unusual strength, and will be well adapted to withstand the pull imposed thereon, when button holes 12, in the ends 11 are engaged with buttons lat on the front 3 of the shirt, both the buttons and the botton holes being duplicated, vertically, to provide for adjustment. Since a U-shaped member 7 is employed, constructed as described, the garment will shape itself readily to the body of the wearer, and will prevent an upward creeping of the shirt, as will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art.

Referring to Figs. 3 and at, there is shown a shirt 15 having a tail 16 provided with an extension 17 carrying button holes 18 adapted to be engaged with buttons 19 on the flaps 20 of the front 21 of the shirt, the front of the shirt being reversely curved, at its lower'edges, as shown at 22, to form a reduced tongue 26. The free end of the extension 17 is folded bnckwardly on itself as shown at 23, and is secured to the body portion of the extension, to fashion a reenforcement, as hereinbefore described. The operation of the shirt shown in Figs. 3 and 4 does not differ materially from the operation of the shirt shown in Figs. 1 and 2, aside from the advantages arising out of the use of the U-shaped strip 7.

Having thus described the what is claimed is A shirt comprising a tail and a front; a U-shaped strip including an intermediate portion and arms at the ends of the intermediate portion, the arms and the intermediate portion being integrally formed, the intermediate portion being secured to the invention,

. tail, the longitudinal edges of the arms be ing folded inwardly and being secured to form reinforcements, the free ends of the farms being folded backwardly on the reinforcements and being secured thereto; and means for connecting the free ends of the arms detachably with the'front of the shirt. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have heretoatiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NATHAN KAPLAN. lVitnesses l V. R. Ronnnrs, A. D. lllnanon. 

